The Curvy Socialite was on a billboard in Time Square (well sort of....)!

So a few weeks ago I got a marketing email from Dove (I’ve been using their products for years) talking about using “real” women in their upcoming campaign entitled “Show Us Your Skin.” Being the ambitious former plus model that I am, you know I had to submit my photo.

On a recent trip to Florida, I snapped a quick photo in the bathroom (ummm not one of those type of pics) of me with a fresh, unmade-up face to send to my significant other back home– as he is always trying to “see” how I’m feeling as my face is an open book to my emotions. So not having a recent “professional” picture, I said, what they hey, why not submit this one. It was accepted and I forgot all about it.

Fast forward to today….I got an email from Dove saying that my picture is part of their “living billboard” in Times Square! Check out my headshot in “the crossroads of the world.”

Ok, so what–we are a little bias when it comes to Christina Mendez. It could be her candidness during an interview, or it could be her 24/7 grind–we aren’t sure which, but anyway you slice it we just love her.

If it seemed like she had been missing in action, you can attribute that to her new bundle of joy, Cailey Christine. Although, being a mom for the second time around did not stop her for long. Three months after the birth of her baby girl, Christina hit the ground running with high-profile features on Good Morning America and Rachael Ray modeling for Modern Family’s star Sofia Vergara’s Kmart Fashion segment, BET’s Rip the Runway, New Jersey Full Figured Fashion Week, Rocawear.com, Qristyl Frazier’s Epitome Collection, WABC (NY) speaking on behalf of Autism Speaks, and numerous commercials. Did we mention that she was ranked #3 on Oddee’s list of “10…

Asia Mone’t, the curvaceous model currently taking the industry by storm, was especially touched by the recent passing of plus supermodel Mia Amber Davis. In a heartfelt blog entry on The Fab Life of a Curvy Sexy Diva, Asia shares how Mia impacted her journey into modeling and what it means to not have her here in the physical world with us anymore.

For those of you who have been messaging me privately, I finally gotten some additional information about the unfortunate passing of Mia Amber Davis. At just 36 years of age, Mia suffered complications following routine knee surgery. I’ve posted a link (click on the picture of Mia) from E! Online which gave some additional details.

Please let us remember to live life to the fullest and as if each day is our last. Let’s keep her family in our prayers as they deal with this tragedy.

Please click here for the article from E! Online

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